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RAF grounds training jets after Red Arrows crash

The RAF’s fleet of Hawk T1 training jets has been grounded for safety checks after an aircraft from its Red Arrows aerobatics team crashed during an air show.

Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, was yesterday hailed as a hero for sacrificing his life to pilot his stricken jet away from a Dorset village.

His wife, Emma Egging, said that she was “the proudest I’ve ever been” after watching her husband’s performance in front of 250,000 spectators at the Bournemouth Air Festival on Saturday.

“Jon was everything to those that knew him, and he was the best friend and husband I could ever have wished for,” said Dr Egging, 32, an academic at the British Museum. “He loved his job and was an exemplary pilot. Watching…